A little too late

Hello darlings - I hope you had a marvelous weekend. I spent the weekend with my sister down in Austin and look forward to sharing some of those pictures with you later this week.

The city has grown by leaps and bounds since I was there as a student and even within the past year. If I were smarter, I would have bought real estate in East and South Austin when I was in college because you now have 2,000 square foot bungalows in those areas selling for close to $1mm. This little home that I've featured was originally built as a hunting cabin for Texas Governor Coke Stevenson in 1937 and was completely gutted and renovated in 2004. It now sits smack dab in the middle of the city with a backyard oasis that's really hard to beat.

It only goes to show, I know nothing about investing in real estate and can only look wistfully at the beautiful little gems in Austin. The rising real estate prices are only making my dream of owning a vacation home there even tougher. Maybe I will just have to be content with a van down by the river...

Wow, just looking at the outside of that home, I did not expect an interior like that. It's gorgeous! I had no idea home prices in Austin were rising so quickly. I always thought of it as a cool, affordable place to live but I guess the coolness is making those prices rise.

I hope you don't end up in a van down by the river, or as a motivational speaker that crashes coffee tables. :)

this would be my realistic dream - but perhaps somewhere where the real estate is still on the lower end of things. i love how beautiful this home is but yet totally livable and reasonable. on a side note i have always wanted to visit austin, i hear portland and austin are really similar in their culture, but austin is warmer and i like that : )

I spent the day photographing two beautiful houses today (going from traditional to midcentury modern in one swoop), and still, this might be my one of my faves. I was really liking it, and then I saw the pool. HEAVEN.

Howdy

Finger snapping, leg slapping, foot tapping Texan girl who works with numbers. I like blank pages, the written word and horses. This is my attempt to amuse you via books, food, travel and the assorted spice rack of life.